fecundate

[ fee-kuhn-deyt, fek-uhn- ]

verb (used with object)

, fe·cun·dat·ed, fe·cun·dat·ing.

1. to make prolific or fruitful.
2. Biology. to impregnate or fertilize.

fecundate

/ fɪˈkʌndətərɪ; ˈfɛk-; -trɪ; ˈfiːkənˌdeɪt /

verb

1. to make fruitful
2. to fertilize; impregnate

Derived Forms

• fecundatory, adjective
• ˈfecunˌdator, noun
• ˌfecunˈdation, noun

Other Words From

• fecun·dation noun
• fecun·dator noun
• fe·cun·da·to·ry [fi-, kuhn, -d, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
• prefe·cun·dation noun
• un·fecun·dated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fecundate¹

1625–35; < Latin fēcundātus made fruitful, fertilized (past participle of fēcundāre ). See fecund, -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of fecundate¹

C17: from Latin fēcundāre to fertilize

Example Sentences

But instinct is routine, and if thought did not fecundate it, it would no more progress in man than in the bee or ant.

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If we would fecundate them, we must take them as a kind of material of universal truths.

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How could one fecundate the universal doubt so that it should give birth to a new faith?

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He speaks by his arts, which might fecundate our human inventions.

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It is necessary that the male cephalopode fecundate the female.

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